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ToolsGumbel, J., Fan, Z. Y., Waldemarsson, T., Stegman, J., Witt, G., Llewellyn, E. J., She, C.-Y. and Plane, J. M. C. (2007) Retrieval of global mesospheric sodium densities from the Odin satellite. Geophysical Research Letters, 34 (4). ISSN 1944-8007
Full text not available from this repository.Abstract
Satellite observations of the Na D dayglow at 589 nm provide a global database for the climatology of the mesospheric sodium layer. More than five years of Na D limb observations are available from the Optical Spectrograph and InfraRed Imager System onboard the Odin satellite. We describe a robust retrieval method that provides individual sodium density profiles with a typical accuracy of 20% and altitude resolution of 2 km. Retrieved column abundances and density profiles are validated against sodium resonance lidar measurements at mid-latitudes. Examples of the seasonal and latitudinal variation of the sodium layer illustrate Odin's potential for climatological studies of mesospheric metals.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Rosie Cullington |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Feb 2011 08:43 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Sep 2024 09:40 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/25177 |
| DOI: | 10.1029/2006GL028687 |
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